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New page: The '''Altaic languages''' are a controversial family of languages of Eurasia. The usually accepted members of this family include the Turkic, [[Mongolian languages...
The '''Altaic languages''' are a controversial family of languages of [[Eurasia]]. The usually accepted members of this family include the [[Turkic language|Turkic]], [[Mongolian languages|Mongolian]], and [[Tungusic languages|Tungusic]] language families. Some linguists place [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]] in this family because all the Altaic languages are agglutinative, meaning that words and phrases are formed by putting together related syllables.
A number of linguists place the [[Uralic languages]] with the Altaic family to form the '''Ural-Altaic languages''' because the Uralic languages are aggultinative, just like the Altaic languages.
==Notable Altaic languages==
*[[Turkish language|Turkish]]
*[[Tatar language|Tatar]]
*[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]
*[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
*[[Kirghiz language|Kirghiz]]
*[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]
*[[Manchu language|Manchu]]
*[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]
*[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
*[[Korean language|Korean]]
[[Category: Language families]]
A number of linguists place the [[Uralic languages]] with the Altaic family to form the '''Ural-Altaic languages''' because the Uralic languages are aggultinative, just like the Altaic languages.
==Notable Altaic languages==
*[[Turkish language|Turkish]]
*[[Tatar language|Tatar]]
*[[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]
*[[Kazakh language|Kazakh]]
*[[Kirghiz language|Kirghiz]]
*[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]
*[[Manchu language|Manchu]]
*[[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]
*[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
*[[Korean language|Korean]]
[[Category: Language families]]